North Korea backs off its threat to strike Guam

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has backed down on his threat to launch a missile attack on Guam.

Pyongyang’s state media reported early Tuesday local time North Korea’s military won’t strike Guam, a U.S. island territory of 160,000 people in the western Pacific Ocean that hosts American military bases.

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